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ShowDevils #4 Comic Book

SHOWDEVILS #4, based on the very real sideshow performance duo SHOWDEVILS featuring THE ENIGMA (X-Files, Ripley's Believe It Or Not, Making Monsters), and SERANA ROSE with SHEA FREELOVE of CIRCUS EMPORIUM. The comic book depicts the Show Devils misadventures best summed up as Scooby-Doo meets Rob Zombie's The Devil's Rejects. The new book concludes as a series of short stories with Daniel Crosier (Distortions Unlimited, Vincent Price Presents) writing and providing cover art, with artists DION HARRIS (The Burning Metronome), J. JAMES MCFARLAND, and RIO BURTON published by Misassembly.

ShowDevils #4 cover art by Daniel Crosier

SHOWDEVILS #4 picks up where #3 left off with The Enigma, Serana Rose, and Shea Freelove en route to their next gig. This leads them having to deal with self-abusive serial killer, a voltron creature made of many burlesque performers, and ultimately their arch-rival, the maniacal Mr. Osgone.

The Enigma in the flesh!

THE ENIGMA career in sideshow spans over two decades performing at Lollapalooza, and opening for Nine Inch Nails, as well as being featured in the X-Files, Ripley's Believe It Or Not and Travel Channel's Making Monsters. You can visit Enigma at www.theenigmalive.com

SERANA ROSE has been performing sideshow for several years and has established herself as an up and coming force of nature.

SHEA FREELOVE has been performing sideshow and circus acts for many years.

SHOWDEVILS on stage, breath new life into an old art form with their talent for humor, wit, and presentation, supported by their disciplined skill that will leave the audience in awe.

DANIEL CROSIER is best known as a wood-burning, mixed media, comic book artist with past credits including Bartholomew of the Scissors, Distortions Unlimited, Caustic Soda and Vincent Price Presents.

DION HARRIS is a freelance illustrator and concept artist who has worked for companies such as ShadowFist Games and Paizo. He has worked on projects such as High School Heroes and The Burning Metronome as a penciler, inker, and cover artist.

ShowDevils sketch by Dion Harris

ShowDevils Page from Dion Harris!

J. JAMES MCFARLAND is a commercial illustrator, fine artist, and graphic designer with over a decade of experience. Goal-oriented project management is not only his methodology ...

... it is his style of life.

Comics and sequential illustration are driving factors in his daily performance. Extremely marketable drawing, painting and designing skills. Ability to use creativity and the technical skills of painting and drawing to communicate ideas, sensations, facts, feelings and emotions.

He is currently located in the lush, green heights of Boulder, on the slopes of the Flatirons. There he enjoys breathing the clean air.

J. James is known to smile in the face of deadlines.

www.jjamesdesignandillustration.com

Page from ShowDevils #4 illustrated, colored, and lettered by J. James McFarland!

Another page from ShowDevils #4 featuring the talented J. James McFarland!

Art by J. James McFarland

ShowDevils designs by J. James McFarland

RIO BURTON is a traveling, wolf obsessed, chocolate consuming illustrator. She loves illustrating anything with a fantastic narrative and especially fantasy & dark fictional genres. She primarily works in Photoshop and Illustrator.

Sample page illustrated by Rio Burton!

Another page from Rio Burton!

Art by Rio Burton

One of the lovely incentives is the Enigma mask, sculpted by Jordu Schell, and manufactured by Distortions Unlimited!

The Enigma mask!

Risks and challenges

Funding for this campaign will be reserved for printing and shipping of the finished book, as well as compensating the talent involved.

Here is a list of hurdles our team must overcome with your help.

- Afford to pay for production and printing through this Kickstarter campaign.
- Make sure the incentives go out in a timely manner.

How we intent to overcome this.

- Share this campaign with the world, through social media, email, and press, as well as the comic books' budding fan base, as well as The Enigma’s fan base.
- Explore alternative forms of distribution through conventions, online, comic book shops, events, etc.